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7 Feb
The Kremlin said Wednesday "many" foreign news outlets had requested to interview President Vladimir Putin, contradicting talk show host Tucker Carlson's claim he was the only Western reporter to ask.
6 Feb
As the war between Ukraine and Russia lingers, the cost of Africa’s dependency on wheat importation from Europe has risen to $20 billion. 
4 Feb
Ukrainian shelling on the eastern occupied city of Lysychansk killed at least 20 people, Russia said Saturday, with at least 10 others wounded and rescue operations ongoing.
1 Feb
Russia's defence ministry on Thursday said air defences shot down 11 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight.
31 Jan
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a US-made Patriot missile was used to shoot down a plane that Moscow says was carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers.
26 Jan
Ukraine said Friday that Russia had returned the bodies of 77 soldiers, days after the downing of a Russian military plane threw doubt on the future of such exchanges.
26 Jan
The death toll from Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's second city Kharkiv has risen to 11, officials said on Friday.
23 Jan
Overnight Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv and second city Kharkiv, killed three people and injured dozens, regional officials said.
20 Jan
Hackers linked to Russia's intelligence service broke into email accounts of senior Microsoft executives, according to a regulatory filing available Friday.
15 Jan
Russia has handed a five-year sentence to a 20-year-old student in the centre of the country for allegedly working with Ukrainian special services and planning sabotage attacks on military bases, local authorities announced Monday.
11 Jan
Two Russian missiles struck a hotel in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, injuring 13 people including foreign journalists, local authorities said Thursday. The strikes on Wednesday evening came as both Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of inflicting dozens of civilian casualties in a sharp escalation of attacks. "Thirteen people were injured," including a Turkish citizen…
10 Jan
Nearly 50 countries joined the United States on Tuesday in condemning North Korea's alleged transfer of missiles to Russia, demanding an immediate end to the cooperation.

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